...world, in nearly the same words as he used to characterise the various modes of worship at Eome, " all considered by the people as equally true, by the...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." Pierre John George Cabanis, born at Conac, near Breves, 5th June, 1757, died 6th May, 1808, following...

...was no longer in any true sense the heart-worship of God. The words of Gibbon are strictly true, — "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people ics equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate us equally useful." No...

...28-33). Gibbon opposed to Christian monotheism a radiant polytheism with its tolerance,22 a cult in which "the various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosophers as equally false; and by the magistrates as equally useful" (ibid.: 28). These two religious...

...the stage he is setting. The most obvious, and most important, forum for that deceit is the temple: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful." And, Gibbon points out, they were useful: "Toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious...

...political logic where public consensus may well be the sum of gullibility, skepticism, and cynicism: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful" (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. JB Bury [New York, 1914], vol. 1, chap....

...supernatural, and we won't have it kicking over the traces again. Christopher Fry (b. 1907) British playwright The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as eqully true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. Edward Gibbon...

...much-quoted statement about religions from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire actually reads: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people equally true, by the philosophers equally false, and by the magistrates equally useful." He was reporting,...

...on the matter. The effects of all this can be seen in the treatment of religion by the positivists: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...equally false: and by the magistrate as equally useful. " 18 The would-be magistrates of the positivist persuasion, who particularly prized social stability,...

...finding modern religious reality faithfully depicted in Gibbon's celebrated passage on ancient religion: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful." 66 Another current, which will culminate in Durkheimian sociology, mindful of the anomic and unsolidary...

...in the Roman Empire", referring to The Fall and Decline of the Roman Empire, Crooke goes on to say: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; by the magistrate as equally useful'. Like the brahmin vedantist 'the devout polytheist, though fondly...